Star Wars aficionados from around the country set their hyperspace coordinates for Orlando, Fla. last month, showing off costumes and custom cars that would make Trekkies jealous at Star Wars Celebration VI.

Even the U.S. Postal Service thinks Floridians are bonkers. This year alone, there have been eight…
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Also, I don't think I've ever seen a more perfect use for the impossibly square rear deck of a Civic del Sol than as a place for R2-D2's dome to pop out. And have you ever seen a better way to pimp out a primer gray car than to make it look like the Millennium Falcon? It was already halfway there.

The event also attracted some more abstract entries — like an old Ford Ranchero that looks like it could have been the little cabriolet hovercraft Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru so graciously let Luke use before he allowed them to be torched by Storm Troopers. Yes, there are even a few shots of Darth Raptor in there.

PAX hasn't been the only place recently to check out some great cosplay. There's been…
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Would you call it carsplay? Is there a name for this yet?

This reminds me of the time I bought a faded blue and silver '85 Chevy van from my friend Psycho Dave's parents. It had been the primary mode of transport (and later the subject of many inadvertent, albeit drunken collisions) for their huge family.